Code

The only failed Kārma vessel to survive the implantation, Code bears a white Kārma and worships Isshiki with fanatical devotion. After his master's death he vows revenge on Boruto and Kawaki and pursues Isshiki's plan to cultivate the Divine Tree. Volatile, arrogant and monstrously fast once his limiters come off, he becomes the driving threat of the series' final stretch and the Two Blue Vortex continuation.

Code is a lean, broad-shouldered young man with wild, spiked red hair, pale skin and a mouth full of sharp teeth that give his grin a predatory edge. His most striking feature is the white Karma, an incomplete seal whose pale, horn-like patterns crawl up his neck and across his face and torso rather than sitting as a single mark. He favours dark, close-fitting clothing with a high collar and heavy boots, and when his limiters are eased his markings spread further and a pale horn pushes out of his skull, his eyes taking on a feral shine.

Code is a fanatic. His devotion to Isshiki Otsutsuki borders on worship, and every plan he makes is framed as completing his idol's unfinished work. Beneath that reverence sits a raw inferiority complex: he knows he was a failed vessel, and mockery about it sends him into sudden, gleeful violence. He swings between cheerful chattiness and murderous rage within a single conversation, and he enjoys taunting opponents while they struggle. Despite this cruelty he shows a strange, needy loyalty to anyone he considers an ally, which is why Eida's influence unbalances him so badly. He is also patient when it matters, willing to build strength slowly rather than throw away his chance at the chakra fruit.

Code was one of many children gathered as potential vessels for Isshiki Otsutsuki. When the Karma was carved into him his body rejected the process, leaving the mark white and unfinished instead of killing him outright. Rather than discard the failure, Isshiki noticed that the botched implantation had produced a being of extraordinary raw power and allowed him to live, an act of mercy Code interpreted as love. Amado, the scientist who ran Kara's laboratories, fitted him with internal limiters so that this unstable weapon could be restrained if he ever turned on the organisation. Promoted to Inner, Code spent years as Kara's enforcer and cleaner, disposing of failures and keeping a respectful distance while Jigen's plans unfolded.

1. Kawaki Arc and the Fall of Isshiki

   Watching from outside the battle, Code witnesses Isshiki's defeat and receives his idol's final instructions. Devastated, he swears to carry out the plan himself: cultivate the Ten-Tails, grow a Divine Tree and consume the chakra fruit to ascend. He also marks Amado as a traitor and the Hidden Leaf as the village that must be destroyed.

2. Kara Remnants and Amado's Defection

   With Kara shattered, Code becomes the organisation's last true Inner. He hunts Amado, the only person able to release the limiters holding his power in check, and is enraged to learn the scientist has surrendered himself to Konoha. Forced to work around his restraints, he begins feeding his own flesh to the captive Ten-Tails to breed monstrous servants.

3. Assault on the Hidden Leaf

   Code finally moves against Konoha, unleashing his Claw Grimes and testing the village's defences with his teleporting Claw Marks. He clashes with Kawaki and the Leaf's forces, but the confrontation ends badly for him when Boruto's Otsutsuki side surfaces and demonstrates a power far beyond his own, forcing a humiliating withdrawal.

4. Recruiting Eida and Daemon

   Realising he cannot win alone, Code seeks out Eida, whose all-seeing clairvoyance would give him an unbeatable advantage. The meeting backfires: he falls instantly under her charm, becomes physically unable to raise a hand against her and must accept her terms, turning the fearsome Inner into an errand runner chasing after Kawaki on her behalf.

Isshiki Otsutsuki

Idol and master

Code's entire identity is built on the moment Isshiki chose not to discard him. He reveres the Otsutsuki as a saviour, refers to his goals as inherited will, and treats revenge for his death as a sacred obligation rather than a personal grudge.

Amado

Creator of his limiters and hated traitor

Amado holds the keys to Code's full power and the knowledge to destroy him, which makes their relationship one of mutual leverage. Code wants him alive long enough to remove the restraints, then dead for betraying Kara.

Eida

Reluctant ally he cannot resist

Code approaches her as a useful asset and leaves as her captive admirer. Her charm strips him of the ability to threaten or harm her, so their partnership runs entirely on her terms while he pretends he is still in charge.

Kawaki

Rival vessel and bargaining chip

Code despises Kawaki as the successful vessel he could never be, yet Eida's obsession forces him to pursue the boy alive rather than simply kill him, adding personal humiliation to an already bitter rivalry.

• He receives Isshiki's dying instructions and dedicates himself to completing the Otsutsuki's plan.
• He demands that Amado release his limiters, only to find the scientist has placed himself out of reach inside Konoha.
• He feeds his own flesh to the Ten-Tails to birth an army of Claw Grimes.
• His attack on the Hidden Leaf is broken when Boruto's Otsutsuki side manifests and overwhelms him.
• He falls under Eida's charm on first sight and becomes physically incapable of harming her.

• His Karma is white rather than black, marking him as the only known failed vessel to survive the implantation.
• Kara's leadership considered him the strongest Inner after Jigen, which is why the limiters were installed in the first place.
• His Claw Marks are one of the few teleportation methods in the series comparable to Otsutsuki space-time travel.
• He speaks of Isshiki in openly worshipful terms, treating the plan for the chakra fruit as a will he inherited.

• BBoruto Uzumaki
• SSarada Uchiha
• MMitsuki
• Kawaki
• Naruto Uzumaki
• Sasuke Uchiha

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